{"id":67532,"date":"2020-11-19T15:01:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton.pdf"},"modified":"2021-09-24T15:04:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:04:19","slug":"casel-award-blog-2020-laura-hamilton","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/casel.org\/casel-award-blog-2020-laura-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Need Better Civic Learning Opportunities, and SEL Can Pave the Way"},"author":26603,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"class_list":["post-67532","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton.pdf'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton-pdf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Our country has experienced numerous challenges this year. As a result, the nations\u2019 schools face their own daunting challenge as they aim to provide instruction safely while equipping children to navigate current societal storms. Increasingly, evidence about <span class=\"s2\">how people learn and thrive <\/span>shows that to do this, schools must attend to students\u2019 social and emotional learning (SEL) in addition to their academic progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Educators have embraced this research. In a <span class=\"s2\">recent RAND American Teacher Panel survey<\/span>, we found high enthusiasm for SEL among teachers, but also disparities in access to supports for SEL. And in the wake of COVID, principals have <span class=\"s2\">pointed out the need for supports that ensure that SEL continues to be a focus of instruction. While other recent surveys <\/span>show that <span class=\"s2\">SEL has a foothold in education<\/span>, we still have a way to go to ensure high-quality, equitable supports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Educators <span class=\"s2\">understand <\/span>that students can\u2019t learn academically if their social and emotional needs aren\u2019t met. Similarly, many educators have called for a reconsideration of how schools are addressing the <span class=\"s2\">civic mission <\/span>central to American public education. Many have recognized an increasing need to <span class=\"s2\">expand <\/span>the metrics for assessing whether schools meet the needs of students and the larger society\u2014particularly regarding readiness for civic life. Civic readiness is more than knowledge of history and government; it encompasses cultural competence, collaboration, critical thinking, information literacy, and other skills crucial for a thriving, democratic society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The connection between SEL and civic learning is clear. Commonly used SEL definitions and frameworks, including the <span class=\"s2\">recently updated CASEL framework<\/span>, include competencies aligned to civic learning. Policymakers may not appreciate this civic emphasis, instead focusing on meeting students\u2019 immediate and future career needs. Preparation for careers and for civic life do not, however, need to be in tension. Instead, they <span class=\"s2\">reinforce <\/span>one another. Students with high levels of cultural competence, information literacy, and other skills will have a head start at navigating and contributing to a changing economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Scholars and practitioners specializing in SEL are well-positioned to shepherd a movement to promote the civic mission of schools. Some of my <span class=\"s2\">work <\/span>at RAND built on its <span class=\"s2\">Truth Decay <\/span>initiative, examining how schools support civic learning and what they need to do this effectively (final report to come in December). In my new role at ETS, I\u2019m excited to collaborate with colleagues who are exploring <span class=\"s2\">innovations <\/span>in learning and <span class=\"s2\">assessment <\/span>to equip educators to prepare youth for civic life. Preparing student readiness for future challenges will require collaboration among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from a variety of organizations, and the SEL community can lead the way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>Laura Hamilton Ph.D. <\/i><i>is General Manager of Research Centers at <\/i><span class=\"s2\"><i>ETS<\/i><\/span><i>, overseeing the organization\u2019s research centers which focus on a number of cross-cutting domains to help inform decision-making and shape the future of education. She is a recipient of the 2020 Joseph E. Zins Awards. <\/i><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Blog from 2020 CASEL Award Recipient: Laura Hamilton, Ph.D.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"file","mime_type":"application\/pdf","media_details":{"sizes":{"full":{"file":"CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton.pdf","width":null,"height":null,"mime_type":"application\/pdf","source_url":"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton.pdf"},"medium":{"path":null,"file":"CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton-pdf.jpg","width":640,"height":640,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton-pdf.jpg"},"large":{"path":null,"file":"CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton-pdf.jpg","width":1900,"height":1900,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton-pdf.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"path":null,"file":"CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton-pdf.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton-pdf.jpg"}},"bucket":"casel"},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/CASEL-Award-Blog-2020-Laura-Hamilton.pdf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casel.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casel.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casel.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casel.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26603"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casel.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67532"}]}}